Change the World.

You know when you hear a song and it just really makes you sit back and think?

It might be even a song that causes a shift in your behavior and your outlook on life.

Could possibly be that song that moves you tears.

I am a lover of music, especially country music, and Carrie Underwood has a song that makes me sit back and think, shifts my behavior and moved me to tears.

The song is called "Change"

Have you ever had one of those days when you wake up and feel like you can do something great? Something that matters? And then there comes along something, maybe its a negative person, spilt coffee on your pants, an empty tank of gas, you know, that something that just changes your mind. That thing that brings you back down to this "reality" you've created for yourself or was created for you by others. That "reality" that tells you that you can't change the world, that what you do doesn't matter, that no matter how hard you try it will never be enough. Is it because of our age? Is it wrong to be a dreamer who tries to make a better future and present?

You are not a fool.

Like the song says "Don't listen to them when they say
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world"
Oh, the smallest thing can make all the difference
Love is alive, don't listen to them when they say
"You're just a fool, just a fool to believe you can change the world"

What got into us? When did it become wrong to believe in the power of goodness, kindness and helpfulness?

"The world's so big, it can break your heart
And you just want to help, not sure where to start
So you close your eyes
And send up a prayer into the dark"

People out there are naturally negative people, people who think that what they do doesn't make a difference, and they bring the naturally positive people down with them in making them question their hopes and dreams to make the world a better place. God can help you, He can turn your seemingly dark views and lighten them up. He wants you to help out others. He wants you to be kind to one and other, He even wants you to give a drink to your enemy when they are thirsty.

I think when people think of "changing the world" they think they have to be famous,or a politician or someone with some real "pull" but what I think most of us are missing out on is that it doesn't have to be a big fundraiser, you don't have to fork out a whole bunch of money, you don't have to be the one person who ends war, or feeds every hungry person in the world. Let's face it, there are things that would help change the world that envolve money and having the famous "pull"can help, and we aren't all famous or rich, so that doesn't mean we can't help, that we can't change the world.

Have you ever sat in class next to someone who isn't outgoing and doesn't speak during class but you gave them the time of day, helped them open up their shell? Well if you have it is a great feeling, chances are after the semester is over you left knowing a little bit more about the other's life and will think about each other from time to time, and even facebook or tweet or email every now and again, but what you may not have realized, is that person that you helped open up, they are going to be willing to open up again, they are going to have more confidence, and maybe help someone else.

That may be far fetched, but the point I'm trying to make is even if you just help one person, help someone get through a tough time in their life, giving them that hope that everything is going to be changed the world, especially the person's world you helped.

In this dog eat dog world we find ourselves thinking its all about us, and we have it all wrong. If you want to believe it or not we are wired to help each other, and in doing so its a chain of goodness, the "pay it forward" mentality we most of the time don't even realize we are actually doing.

You can change the world, you can change your country, your state, your county, your town, or even just one person's life.

Remember "the smallest thing can make all the difference...love is alive"